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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

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The northern half of the lake added Corn Bunting , European Turtle Dove , Dalmatian Pelican , Purple Heron , Eurasian Hobby , Eurasian Golden Oriole , Eurasian Green Woodpecker , and only the first of the several Masked Shrikes of the tour (cover photo by Kostas Papadopoulos).

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Birding Gir National Park, India

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At the bank of one such small dam, a Softshell Turtle basks in the afternoon sun, while one Oriental Magpie-Robin is searching the water edge. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets.

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Chilling out with Rollers and Hoopoes

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Two doves on the wire… Here, I would expect them to be European Turtle-Doves , as opposed to Collared Doves , but they are against the light… until a soft turrr – turrr comes from that direction. Loess bluff with numerous bee-eaters and one Northern Wheatear and, cut into a low grassy ridge, the set of tracks veers right.

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Serbia – birding overview of a year in the Central Balkans

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Wood Warblers have a strongly pronounced passage through April; Tawny Pipits , Bluethroats and Savi’s Warblers are back by the first week, and Ortolan Buntings and European Turtle Doves by the second week of April. Common Quail , Grey Partridge , Turtle Dove , too. Glossy Ibises are localized, as well as Griffon Vultures.

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Pasir Ris Park-Singapore

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We started our Singapore bird list at Pasir Ris and leaving the train station we were delighted to see several Cattle Egrets on the grass and several photographers. On one occasion we saw a pair of Red Turtle Doves beside the fishing lake. We were soon in Pasir Ris Town Park and observing a huge variety of birds. Black-naped Oriole.

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Birding Orlando

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Sure, the occasional Cattle Egret , Northern Mockingbird , or Red-shouldered Hawk can’t help but cross the path of those with eyes to see them, but the area is surprisingly bird-barren for a Florida zip code. My best wild bird of Legoland had to be some kind of heron hunting among the turtles and young alligators in a cypress swamp.

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The Lion Forest of India

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At the bank of one such small dam, a Softshell Turtle basks in the afternoon sun, while one Oriental Magpie-Robin is searching the water edge. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater (above) and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea. Osprey Pandion haliaetus.

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